Role and Responsibilities of Health Visitor in Society Welfare

Social service

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1 Main duties and responsibilities and task of Health visitor.....................................................1
2. how and why this group emerged...........................................................................................1
3. Analysis of relevant policy and legislation.............................................................................2
4. Address change to society which might be link to emergence...............................................3
5. Address the success and downfalls of profession...................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
Recommendations.......................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The chosen profession or social group is Health visitor for this project and the aim and
objective of the essay is to develop an understanding of the specific social group and how the
group help in society welfare. Further, the essay describe the duties and responsibilities of
health visitor, then how and why this group emerged by providing relevant policy and
legislation. Also, describe the success and downfalls of profession.
1 Main duties and responsibilities and task of Health visitor
The main duty and responsibilities of health visitor is to safeguard and protect people.
Such that they provide health advice to people and also develop health education programs to
create awareness in society. They also help people who faces postnatal depression and also
establishing key health needs as well (Arslan and Kaymaz, 2020). They also working with other
professionals such as social workers, general practitioners and school nurses. Apart from this,
health visitor also assessing parenting skills and children's home situation and offer parents extra
support if they needed.
They also provide different types of services such that support children with special
needs, advising on behavioral management techniques, also advice how to reduce risk as well as
prevent accidents and reduce injuries. Along with this, health visitor also provide information on
local services provide ante-natal and post- natal support to people which reflect that they are
safeguard and protect people.
2. how and why this group emerged
Study conduct by Lowenhoff and et.al., (2017) stated that When queen is celebrating her
own Diamond jubilee, Olympics were held in London in 2012 which have a great importance.
Thus, there were 150 years went when the first health visitor was employed in Salford, England.
From that era, this profession is highly enjoyed by the people and even government also invest
enough to provide safeguarding to the people. While, Chambers, Williams and Halford, (2018)
shows that In 1916, the Royal sanitary Institute also overseeing qualifying courses for Health
visitors and at that time, first lady is hire. Slowly, this profession is increases and after some
time, some paid health visitors are hire in around 50 towns. On contrary, many mothers still
think that the health visitor come to check their home rather than promoting family's health and
this is a reality. So, from 1929, Health Visiting became a universal statutory service by Local
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